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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author is quoted in the epigraph?
(a) Pushkin.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Tolstoy.

2. What U.S. state has a bigger economy than South Korea?
(a) New York State.
(b) California.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Colorado.

3. By the time Crystal aged out of foster care, how many foster placements had she had?
(a) 22.
(b) 18.
(c) More than 25.
(d) About 30.

4. In 2020, how many Food Lion workers in North Carolina drew food stamps?
(a) 2 in 30.
(b) 1 in 17.
(c) 5 in 25.
(d) 1 in 20.

5. Of the approximately 750,000 workers around the world who made and sell Apple products when Desmond wrote the book, how many worked directly for Apple?
(a) 63,000.
(b) 42,000.
(c) 115,000.
(d) 530,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was a warehouse worker who had to give up two of his children to keep one?

2. At how many universities had Desmond taught on inequality?

3. How much in market value did Walmart lose when it announced in 2015 that it planned to increase its starting wage to at least $9 an hour?

4. In a survey of men and women released from prison in Massachusetts, what percent had witnessed a murder as children?

5. In 2022, how many young children lived in poverty or hovered at the edge of poverty?

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